Python: Count the number of occurrence of a specific character in a string

Python Basic: Exercise-84 with Solution

Write a Python program to count the number of occurrence of a specific character in a string.

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Sample Solution:

Using count() function:

Python Code:

s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."  
print("Original string:")
print(s)
print("Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:")
print(s.count("o"))

Sample Output:

Original string:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:
4

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Using loop:

Python Code:

s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."  
print("Original string:")
print(s)
print("Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:")
ctr = 0 
for c in s:
   if c == 'o':
       ctr = ctr + 1
print(ctr)

Sample Output:

Original string:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:
4

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Using collections.Counter():

Python Code:

from collections import Counter
s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."  
print("Original string:")
print(s)
print("Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:")
ctr = Counter(s) 
print (str(ctr['o']))

Sample Output:

Original string:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:
4

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Using Lambda functions:

Python Code:

s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."  
print("Original string:")
print(s)
print("Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:")
ctr = sum(map(lambda x : 1 if 'o' in x else 0, s))
print(ctr)

Sample Output:

Original string:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:
4

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Using Regular Expressions:

Python Code:

import re
s = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."  
print("Original string:")
print(s)
print("Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:")
ctr = len(re.findall("o", s))
print(ctr)

Sample Output:

Original string:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Number of occurrence of 'o' in the said string:
4

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